Are Khal Drogo's or Catelyn's abilities triggered character abilities ?
The point is, in the FAQ, we can read this:
(3.6) Triggered Effects
Any effect that a player chooses to execute is
considered a "triggered effect."
Thus any effect
that begins with a "Phase:" or "Response:"
is a triggered effect
. Also note that playing
an event card is thus considered a triggered
effect.
A "triggered ability" is a triggered effect
printed on a card already in play.
So, considering this point, we could say that Khal Drogo's text is a triggered effect, but isn't a "triggered ability". But in th FAq, in the "Out-of-play state" section, we can read this:
In general, card effects on non-event
cards in a player's hand, deck, shadows area,
discard pile, and dead pile are not considered
to be actionable unless the card specifically
states that it can be triggered while in its outof-
play state.
Example: The card Khal Drogo (CORE T107)
reads "Response: After you win a challenge,
put Khal Drogo into play from your hand..."
Normally, actions on character cards in hand
are not active, and thus may not be triggered.
In this case,
however, as the card specifically
refers to itself and executes an ability "from
your hand," it allows the effect to be triggered
even if the card is out of play (this example
being in your hand).
This example says that Khal Drogo's text is an ability and is contradicting the first point.
So, character abilities or not ?
And the real question is: Can I kill jumping Kahl or Catelyn wit Death by Payne ?
Response : After a character triggers it's character ability, kneel Ser Ilyn Payne or a Noble character to kill that character. "